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i'm noticing for northwestern comp lit results that in the past handful of years a few people were getting results in late january. making me wonder if we'll hear something next week.

hot damn, i didn't even realize it was iambic pentameter. or should i say... hot damn, the iamb didn't cross my mind.

ah, no way! i was kicking around the idea to go to the conference this year if at all possible; 2018 wasn't an option time- or money-wise. am super curious about your research. i submitted a proposal tonight for an upcoming conference centered around aesthetics research. theme is discussions of "highbrow" and "lowbrow" values so i pitched a presentation about '80s action films, idealized masculine bodies, and the influence of '80s politics/American exceptionalism on action films. my roommates and i are semi-ironically obsessed with top gun but i thought there was actually an idea there somewhere. not expecting to be accepted, but writing the abstract was a blast and good distraction. the experience would be nice.

there is nothing that a good, quality meme cannot fix

this is a hysterical image in my head. he had a singular aesthetic. it's totally worth it. really, i'd say brief interviews with hideous men is my favorite of his overall. but ij is a total trip. @pdh12 i'm sure you were just fine!

do read infinite jest! it's so worth it. i finally finished it during a very dark period of my life where i had to read it by flashlight. getting to the last line (which is baffling and beautiful and somehow ties it all together) felt like climbing a mountain. have you read any other dfw? i'm a bit of a fangirl, if you couldn't tell

they're a black hole of info.

i applied for film studies but didn't get anything

I totally missed this post. we do appear to be the same person, hah. who you rooting for on sunday?

ooh, haven't heard of it but i officially trust everyone's taste on here. @velvetcactus i am so jealous you got to see them. lately also jamming a lot of Thursday because i finally get to watch them perform next month playing my favorite album of theirs in entirety. my punk heart will sob.

the dismemberment plan! AHH, i listen to them pretty much every day. "ice of boston" is the only holiday song that exists in my world.

one of my favorite shows ever was ted leo and the pharmacists opening for death cab. i was prob 13/14 (so 2006 or 07) so my dad stood with me the whole time and it was a blast. i saw the national around then, too, and they were incredible.

bright eyes are one of my top faves. lifted is the soundtrack to my emo high school days, haha. and the mountain goats are a treasure.

i am so jealous you get to see the 1975. they're my go-to jam music.

trying to plan anything beyond the day of my graduation is just useless. some friends want to make travel plans and i have to tell them i have no idea where i will be, when.

penn says they interview a short list of comp lit applicants. northwestern doesn't seem to.

nfl playoffs and hockey AND basketball eat up most of my free mental space. hitting the gym 3/4 days a week is doing wonders too for thinking about nothing. i suspect it'll get less helpful as February approaches, though.

@pdh12 best of luck to you as well! i applied to penn and northwestern for comp lit

@pdh12 i'm in the same boat. i applied to primarily comp lit and film programs. feeling very in the dark about everything.

congrats and good luck, interviewees! i picture that most of my stipend will be towards housing. i had a decent savings account this time last year but working less (and not at all for 3 months) meant living off savings more and whatever grant and loan money. i did manage to pay off a significant amount of credit card and collections debt, though, so that's one less worry and luckily know folks in every city i applied to who have already said they can help me with a potential roommate hunt. i've almost always lived with people and living alone freaks me out!

had a stress dream about acceptances and my friend crashing on my floor said i was talking out loud in my sleep about it. totally not embarrassing.

I'm super eager to see it but both very broke and work all weekend

one of my LOR writers is the head of our film/media studies concentration and advised me against comp lit sheerly because of language requirements for some programs. she encouraged me to look at more straight film/media or english with film concentrations. i think there are fewer comp lit applicants overall but the way some departments are structured (if that makes sense) makes it hard to really gauge

hell, i would love just a few bucks from the budget.